The Communist Manifesto and Other Writings

The Communist Manifesto and Other Writings by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, some translated by H. J. Stenning and Samuel Moore

Translations appear to have come from KARL MARX: SELECTED ESSAYS

"Communist Manifesto" (1888 translation by Samuel Moore )

"A Criticism of the Hegelian Philosophy of Right" -1843, intro published in 1844

"On the King of Prussia and Social Reform" 1844

"Moralizing Criticism and Critical Morality: A Polemic Against Karl Heinzen" 1847

"Proudhon" (from Holy Family, 1844)

"French Materialism" (from Holy Family, 1844)

"The English Revolution" (1850)

This collection has the real Communist Manifesto and some additional essays by Marx. The topics do not quite seem so revolutionary today. Neither do they sound hugely Marxist in the modern view. The communism of these writings expects a more gradual change that will be inevitable. Classes of people have found themselves as mere cogs and want to assert general rights. What is the best way to go about doing it?

The Snow Queen

The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen

Disney's Frozen originated as an adaptation of Snow Queen, but then drifted significantly. In this original novella, an evil troll creates a glass which distorts everything so only the bad is viewed. Fragments of this fall all over the world. One boy gets the shard in his heart and eye. He becomes cruel. Later he disappears with the snow queen who makes him forget about his past. The others go on adventures. Then in the end, his sister is able to melt his shard with love and return him back to normal. There are plenty of elements that were adopted by Disney, but this story is more complex.